Hidden Bodies (You, #2) in Audiobook Junkies

Jan 01, 2016 Tiara rated it liked it

Shelves: z-2016-audiobook-challenge, z-audio-500, audiobook, crime-mystery-thriller-noir, z-narrator-santino-fontana

Hm. Uh-huh. Well, again... that was... another book.

Hidden Bodies is the follow-up to Caroline Kepnes' novel You. We continue to follow Joe, a psychopath who only wants love. In the previous book, he incorporated himself into his intended's life by using social media. That didn't work out so well for him, and by the book's end, he'd met an alluring con artist who was off the grid unlike his previous girlfriend who could barely live without social media. We catch up with Joe in this second book ...more

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Jul 30, 2015 Petra rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2016-audio-book-challenge, netgalley, series, favorites, thriller, audible, funny

You was one of my favorite (audio)books last year, so I was super excited to read Hidden Bodies, but also slightly apprehensive whether Joe's return would live up to my expectations. I needn't have worried. Joe has mellowed a bit, in my opinion, but his lookout on the world is still as entertaining as ever. "Humans. I will never understand."
I love how his mind works (I know I shouldn't), he is a depraved serial killer after all. But he is really trying hard to fit in this time. For Love ('Love' ...more

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Feb 16, 2016 ☕️Kimberly (Caffeinated Reviewer) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Five reasons to listen to Hidden Bodies

Caroline Kepnes weaves a wicked, sometimes disturbing tale around her protagonist Joe Goldberg. Joe is a sociopath who falls for the perfect girl. That is until she disappears, and Joe finds himself leaving the East Coast and traveling to Los Angeles in search of Amy. As he settles in LA, he meets characters who drive him insane. In his pursuit of Amy, he meets Love Quinn, a social media goddess who may just be his perfect match.
Kepnes weaves humor, m Five reasons to listen to Hidden Bodies

Caroline Kepnes weaves a wicked, sometimes disturbing tale around her protagonist Joe Goldberg. Joe is a sociopath who falls for the perfect girl. That is until she disappears, and Joe finds himself leaving the East Coast and traveling to Los Angeles in search of Amy. As he settles in LA, he meets characters who drive him insane. In his pursuit of Amy, he meets Love Quinn, a social media goddess who may just be his perfect match.
Kepnes weaves humor, murder and stalking into her story. Somehow, she manages to make the listener laugh aloud even as they shiver at Joe’s cold calculating ways. Joe’s thought process is eerily clever and diabolical, but Kepnes adds snark and an over the top narrative that allows you to get Joe.
Just getting inside Joe’s head and seeing how his thought process works makes Hidden Bodies and the You series worth a listen. Seeing how he manipulates, justifies his actions and works around problems will send shivers down your spin. We also see just how volatile Joe is and sense that at any moment he could completely lose his shit. Joe is hilarious and twisted but being inside his head is quite the experience. His inner dialogue is some of the best I have ever read. I found myself rooting for him and getting angry at the characters who messed with his plans. I had to remind myself that he would kill me without an ounce of remorse. This odd cocktail of a character makes him memorable.
Kepnes delivers an intense plot as Joe hunts for Amy, and ultimately meets Love Quinn. She introduces a cast of colorful and unique characters from LA hippies to a cop who longs to rub shoulders with the “Hollywood in crowd. “ The story was addictive, and while I felt it dragged a little in the middle, the last three-fourths of the book had me listening non-stop as Joe’s world faces peril.
Listening to Hidden Bodies intensified the story. Santino Fontana brilliantly portrayed Joe making our trip inside Joe’s mind a total mind f@ck. Fontana also did a bang up job with the other characters from their voices to the intense situations.

Audio received from publisher. This review was originally posted on Caffeinated Book Reviewer ...more

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Nov 28, 2017 Laxmama rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audible, angsty, twisted, kill-me-angsl, suspense, unforgettably-amazing

what a ride, I am amazed at how Caroline Kepnes made me love Joe, with all his insane evil and manipulations. I was cheering for him the entire time - I must be crazy. This one picked up after book 1, for me I enjoyed it more. I was happy to see Joe move on as I did not like Beck, and there were so many new interactions for him - he is so condescending, and that is when I found the most humor in this twisted story. Its great listening to him stereotype all the people he meets and think of who I ...more

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May 03, 2018 Kendra rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, series-completed

Definitely readable, but I am left feeling like it lacked the spark that "You" had. I missed the second person narration, and Joe seemed much less creepy and selfish in this one. ...more

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Apr 11, 2016 Sarah DeBouter rated it really liked it

Shelves: my-mystery

Caroline Kepnes has a strange ability to get into the minds of a sociopath serial killer, and make us like him. Joe graces us again with his conscience, and his ability to justify his killings is what makes him so deliciously dangerous and psychotic. The change in narration took some adjusting; there were 2-3 primary female characters in this novel making it impossible for Joe to narrate the entire novel speaking to only the character in question unlike the first novel in which Joe spoke to 'you ...more

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Apr 18, 2019 Victoria Hamel rated it it was amazing

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was an excellent second book in the series, I can't wait to see what happens next. This is a escapist read. ...more

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Feb 14, 2019 Darlene rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, mystery, audio-1000, psychological-thriller, library-cd, read-in-2019

I definitely didn't enjoy this one as much as the first one in the series, You. Truth be told, I could have done without the whole Love/Forty/Milo storyline. For me, it detracted from Joe's original intention of going to California. I would have liked to see more of Amy. Excellent narrator! He kept me listening. ...more

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